Javelina charged a dog and its owner while the person was placing trash in a bin on Swan Road north of Fort Lowell Road Tuesday morning, authorities say.
The dog was bitten and its owner bruised, the Arizona Game & Fish Department said in a tweet."Reverse course when dog walking if javelina are seen."This was the second javelina attack on a dog walker reported by Game & Fish in Tucson in the last month.
People are also reading… “Javelina think dogs are coyotes” and defend themselves against the perceived predators, Game & Fish said. “Victims get hurt when defending their dogs. Go the other way ASAP when javelina are seen.” One, an 11-year-old girl who was walking with her mother, was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital after being bitten near Campbell Avenue and Skyline Drive.
Game & Fish Department spokesman Mark Hart explained then that javelinas are not normally aggressive toward people, but they will react instinctively to perceived threats.
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